BlackBerry touchscreen phone to be dubbed 'Thunder'

A retailer taking pre-orders for phones that haven't even been announced is considered business as usual, but there's something just a little out of the ordinary with Horizon Wireless' listing for the alleged touchscreen superphone outta Waterloo, the BlackBerry 9500 "Thunder" -- it's accompanied by a somewhat believable picture of the thing. Extreme blur always adds a healthy dose of credibility (we kid), but more importantly, the picture shows no telltale signs of being a render and looks essentially like what everyone's expecting it to look like. BlackBerry addicts who've been desperately fighting the urge to go to the dark side, consider this your shot of willpower for the day.

MSI Wind gets terse pre-release review

CNET in the Uk have had a hands on with the MSI Wind and it seems that there will be an overclocking fearture on the laptop. This should have been expected due to the low power consumption of the Atom and it is reported to be very fast.